Sunday, February 8, 2009

Is nothing sacred?



Well, I'm not sure where baseball fans are to go now. We lost Canseco to steroids, then McGwire. Bonds, the supposed all-time home run champ was next, following closely behind by Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and Roger Clemens.
Then came news this weekend that former Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez, arguably the best player in baseball now and the future all-time home run champ, used steroids in 2003 when he was in Texas. I'm disappointed, just not surprised.
Steroids has ruined baseball. I'm 31 now, and if you go back to the roughly 1990, when widespread use began, more than half my baseball life is tainted by steroids. It's so much worse than any gambling scandal has been -- those affected only certain players (Pete Rose) or teams (the Black Sox). This affects everyone. Records have fallen that can't be replaced.
It's a very tough time to be a baseball fan.
-- Jayson Larson, editor

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